Bottled-drink-vending machine



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J. H. CARRULL.

BOTTLED DRINK VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION-FILED APR. Il, 192i- RENEWED MAY 4.1922.

M1932@ .Patented Jun@ 13, 1922.

narran stares JAMES H. CARROLL, OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

BOTTLED-DRNK-VENDING MACHINE.

Application filed April 11, 1921, Serial N0. 460,479. Renewed May 4, 1922.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. CARROLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Charlotte, in the county of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina, have invented a nei-v and use'lul Bottled-DrinkVending Machine, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel device for a bottled drink vending machine, which Will deliver the bottle in upright position in which position it may be uncapped Without spilling the contents oi' the bottle, and the device then rotated to a position to discharge the'contents of the bottle, whichmay then be dumped into a suitable receptacle Within the machine Without permitting the withdrawal of the bottle from the apparatus during any of these steps. It is an object of my invention to provide a device of this character adapted to be attached to any bottle vending machine or to be constructed as a part of an improved bottled drink vending machine s uch as that shown in my co-pending application, Serial Number 456,594, filed March 29, 1921.

I attain the objects of my invention by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention' Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectionon line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the device detached from the vending machine.

Like characters of refe-rence indicate like parts in each of the views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 provide a drum housing 3 mounted in an opening 2 in the main casing 1 of the vendin g machine, on which the device is mounted by means of suitable hinges 7, the housing being secured in its normal position by any suitable latch or lock 8. I provide rotatable bottle receiving drums 10 each of which is mounted on a suitable shaft 9, which shaft carries a bevel gear 16, meshing with a second bevel gear 17, mounted on a shaft 18 which carries a hand Wheel 19 at its outer end, by means of which the drum may be caused to rotate. The drum is provided with a plurality of bottle receiving openings 11 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 13, 1922.

Serial No. 558,429.

(preferably vfour in number as shown). EX- tending vertically or' the drum housing in the semi-circular portion 4 i provide a slot 13 disposed immediately in front of the drum 10, said slot having an upper extension 14 to permit the neck of the bottle to pass through, and a lower extension 15 to permit the neck of the bottle to pass out when being discharged, the head of the bottle striking the inclined face 2() which guides it downward as it is discharged from the opening 11 in the drum and into the if'cnding machine in a suitable receptacle.

In operating the invention, the bottle is discharged from a suitable source of supply in the vending machine through chute 12 into the nearest bottle receiving opening 11 in drum 10. as shoivn in Fig. 2, the bottom of the bottle resting on the shaft 9 which forms the axis of drum 10. The drum is rotated by the customers turning the hand wheel 19, the neck of the bottle passing through the upper extension 14 of slot 13 so that the bottle is presented to the customer in an upright position, in which position it may be readily uncapped Without spilling the contents of the bottle. A further turn I of the hand wheel will rotate the bottle into position for discharge of its contents into a cup. As the slot 13 is of less Width than the diameter of the body oithe bottle, the bottle is prevented trom dropping out. To discharge the empty bottle into the vending machine, a further turn ot the handle is made, causing the bottle to be released on the inclined face 2O and thus bey guided into a suitable receiving` portion of the vending machine. As the slot 13 is not so Wide as the diameter of the body ot' the bottle, the bottle is prevented from dropping out or being Withdrawn at any time during the operation described.

That I claim is- 1. A device for delivering bottles in upri ght position trom a bottled drink vending machine, comprising a drum having a plurality of openings to receive bottles, a housing` :tor the drum, said housing having a slot sufficiently narrow to prevent the bottle from dropping out of the drum when r0- tated to point the neck of the bottle downward.

2. In combination with the rotatable drum described in claim 1, means for manually rotating same.

3. In a device of the class described a drums of suitable depth to permit one neck drum casing having a slot disposed oppoof the drum to project above the surface site the face of the drum of suitable Width of the drum and a shaft on which the drum 10 to permit the neck of a bottle to project is rotatably mounted'7 and means geared to 5 therethrough, one or more drums rotatably the shaft `for manually rotating each drum mounted in same, Ineens for rotating the independently. drum, bottle receiving openings in the JAMES H. CARROLL. 

